The Hong Kong Observatory raised the No 8 typhoon warning signal for the first time this year just after 7pm on Friday, with Severe Tropical Storm Chaba forecast to be at its closest to the city ...
In 2004, Typhoon Chaba caused storm surges in many areas of the Seto Inland Sea. Three people died in Kagawa and Okayama prefectures. Storm surges wreaked havoc during the Ise Bay typhoon in 1959 ...